SAT Book List

I’m a college-bound almost-senior, so my next and final SAT on October 4th is weighing heavily on my mind. For all you other 2400 hopefuls out there, here is a list of good books to read in preparation. Of course as I read them they will appear on this blog with a review and a yay/nay for enjoyment/helpfulness. In the meantime, enjoy.

AnalysesA Brief History of Time — Stephen HawkingQED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter — Richard P. FeynmanThe Mismeasure of Man — Stephen Jay GouldThe Lives of a Cell — Lewis ThomasThe Republic — PlatoDemocracy in America — Alexis DeTocquevilleCivilization and Its Discontents — Sigmond FreudThe Language Instinct — Steven PinkerHow the Mind Works — Steven Pinker (Seen in a review from Amazon.com: “If How the Mind Works were a rock show, tickets would be scalped for $100.”)A People’s History of the US — Howard ZinnFreakonomics — Stephen Levitt & Steven Dubner

ArgumentsThe Chomsky Reader — ChomskyThe World is Flat — FriedmanDrift and Mastery — LippmannThe Best American Essays — AtwanWalden — ThoreauLanterns & Lances — Thurber> plus other media:The Op-Ed pages of the New York TimesThe NationScientific AmericanEssays in Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, and the New YorkerSunday Magazine

More ways to prepare:Talk to smart adults and friends with good vocabulariesRead college-level booksWatch documentariesListen to National Public Radio~ try out new words on your own~ get a dictionary with pronunciation and etymology

And lastly, don’t forget to practice writing essays. You only have 25 minutes to ‘present and support a point of view on a specific issue’ as well as you can.

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